Cold-Air Damming Overview - An Early November Case :: Using Hourly RAP data for Analysis

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If you've been a resident west of the Appalachian Mountains (especially in the foothills) and enjoy watching the weather, it's likely that you've heard your favorite meteorologist describe the unique event called, "Cold Air Damming." Effects can include increased northerly winds, anomalously cold surface temps, and rain (packaged with yucky dreariness). It can even make the difference between seeing wintry-weather or a cold, drenching rain.

In meteorology, we have many acronyms to help save time (and twitter characters) typing. For the duration of this write-up, I'll refer to it as CAD. In addition, I'll be focusing on the Carolinas, but know CAD can occur along many major, elongated mountain ranges,

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Doppler Velocity - Interpretations and Benefits

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One of the tremendous pluses of the uses of radar is the ability for it to determine the speed (relative to the radar's fixed position) of objects (primarily think of cloud/rain droplets) in the air.

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5 Years Later :: An Overview of an Unusual Warm-Up & a Brief Overview of the June 29th, 2012 Derecho

Within this post, I'll be addressing a weird warm-up experienced during the early morning of June 29th, 2012 across the Foothills in Northwest NC. I will also mention some key things regarding the extremely destructive and powerful thunderstorm complex / wind-event (derecho) that marched across a large swath over the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic States

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